Nurses still wondering when to use Vitamin D2 (vets decided a decade ago to not use D2 on any mammals)

Cholecalciferol (D3) versus Ergocalciferol (D2): Which Vitamin D to Use?

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. online 8 April 2017, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.03.008

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Timothy Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS

Abstract and paper are behind a publisher paywall__

See also Vitamin D Life

• Primates Nutrient Requirements – 2003

• 10 million IU of vitamin D3 for cows was great unless had vitamin D2 – July 2011

• Overview Vitamin D3 not D2